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>>20815237
if you read pirenne's hypothesis about the fall of rome, he makes a good argument that the power of rome was really trans-mediterranean trade and after islam conquered north africa and shut off trade, europe had to adopt a germanic king system from the isolated north that was build on agriculture instead of trade, and with the renaissance trade returned. so "world trade" aka "globalization" was the foundation of "western civilization" since rome overtook greece as the dominant power. this idea that "capitalism" is some temporary thing that can be abolished is absurd and bad history.